{"product_id":"the-little-house-cookbook-frontier-foods-from-laura-ingalls-wilders-classic-stories-9780064460903","title":"The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis award-winning cookbook features more than 100 of the recipes that Laura Ingalls Wilder chronicles in her classic Little House books. A great gift for Little House fans and anyone who wants more information about what life on the prairie was really like.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this cookbook, you can learn how to make classic frontier dishes like corn dodgers, mincemeat pie, cracklings, and pulled molasses candy. The book also includes excerpts from the Little House books, fascinating and thoroughly researched historical context, and details about the cooking methods that pioneers like Ma Ingalls used, as well as illustrations by beloved artist Garth Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a chance to dive into the world of Laura Ingalls Wilder, American pioneer, women's club member, and farm homesteader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book has been widely praised and is the winner of the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy \u0026amp; Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. \u003cem\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/em\u003e praised it as \"a culinary and literary feast.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalker, Barbara M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBarbara Walker discovered the Little House series when her daughter, Anna, was four and fond of serial stories and kitchen craft. What began as pleasant diversion--re-creating frontier food--became serious study for the author after a family trip west by way of some Little House sites. Eight years of intermittent reading, writing, and testing produced \u003cem\u003eThe Little House Cookbook\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna is now married and has her own little house. Barbara Walker still writes on a variety of subjects from the home she shares with her husband outside Ossining, New York. She regrets the disappearance of lard piecrust, hard cheese, and sausage from her diet but finds solace in making bread from her original sourdough starter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliams, Garth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGarth Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e is the renowned illustrator of almost one hundred books for children, including the beloved \u003cem\u003eStuart Little\u003c\/em\u003e by E. B. White, \u003cem\u003eBedtime for Frances\u003c\/em\u003e by Russell Hoban, and the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was born in 1912 in New York City but raised in England. He founded an art school near London and served with the British Red Cross Civilian Defense during World War II. Williams worked as a portrait sculptor, art director, and magazine artist before doing his first book \u003cem\u003eStuart Little\u003c\/em\u003e, thus beginning a long and lustrous career illustrating some of the best known children's books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to illustrating works by White and Wilder, he also illustrated George Selden's \u003cem\u003eThe Cricket in Times Square \u003c\/em\u003eand its sequels (Farrar Straus Giroux). He created the character and pictures for the first book in the Frances series by Russell Hoban (HarperCollins) and the first books in the Miss Bianca series by Margery Sharp (Little, Brown). He collaborated with Margaret Wise Brown on her Little Golden Books titles \u003cem\u003eHome for a Bunny\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Little Fur Family, \u003c\/em\u003e among others, and with Jack Prelutsky on two poetry collections published by Greenwillow: \u003cem\u003eRide a Purple Pelican\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBeneath a Blue Umbrella\u003c\/em\u003e. He also wrote and illustrated seven books on his own, including \u003cem\u003eBaby Farm Animals\u003c\/em\u003e (Little Golden Books) and \u003cem\u003eThe Rabbits' Wedding\u003c\/em\u003e (HarperCollins).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607412117778,"sku":"9780064460903","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6ce7704c-284c-4a39-803e-808b0e15363c.jpg?v=1737291282","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-little-house-cookbook-frontier-foods-from-laura-ingalls-wilders-classic-stories-9780064460903","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}